Crowe, who has a fascination with firearms, requested that we travel north to a gun foundery run by German gunsmiths. As expected their craftsmanship was impeccable; it is one thing to look at an 18th century rifle and another to see the molten iron poured into molds and lovingly crafted into a functioning work of art right before you. Mr. Brautman was visited by a Huron chief during our visit; he explained that these guns would be traded with the Hurons for defense against their enemies. A Jesuit priest acted as a translator between the Huron and German.
visual file 2389: Brautman Gun Assembly; 4.7.1740
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